FJs for the 2/23/15 week

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Which FJs did you solve correctly for the 2/23/15 week?

Poll ended at Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:56 pm

To prepare venues hosting this event, 12 billion perennial ryegrass seeds were imported from Manitoba, 5,000 miles away
87
69%
At his term's end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller
107
84%
They're the 2 states with the highest percentage of people who speak French at home
73
57%
On February 25, 1956, he gave a speech "on the personality cult and its consequences", seen as an attack on his predecessor
92
72%
This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary
94
74%
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I checked all five above.
36
28%
:( :( :( :( :( I missed all the FJs.
1
1%
OF THE GAME $1000: This stacking game, similar to Jenga, uses bidding and odd-shaped pieces to build increasingly precarious towers
2
2%
GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS $800: Built as a hotel, the Patee House Museum in this Missouri city was the Pony Express headquarters
62
49%
FOLK MUSIC $2000: In 2013 this Indie/folk harpist & singer known for the album "YS" married funnyman Andy Samberg
14
11%
My incorrect guess for the Monday FJ! clue was Wimbledon or the Sochi Winter Olympics.
14
11%
Yes, I have seen the 1988 movie "Die Hard."
82
65%
I had Louisiana as part of my Wednesday FJ! clue response.
112
88%
I had Maine as part of my Wednesday FJ! clue response.
66
52%
Vermont was part of my Wednesday FJ! clue response.
31
24%
For the Friday FJ! clue I figured out it was the author of "Fahrenheit 451", but I did not get the writer's name.
7
6%
 
Total votes: 127

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FJs for the 2/23/15 week

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2/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
2014 EVENTS

2/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
To prepare venues hosting this event, 12 billion perennial ryegrass seeds were imported from Manitoba, 5,000 miles away

2/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
1980s MOVIES

2/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At his term's end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller

2/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
LANGUAGES

2/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
They're the 2 states with the highest percentage of people who speak French at home

2/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FOREIGN LEADERS

2/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On February 25, 1956, he gave a speech "on the personality cult and its consequences", seen as an attack on his predecessor

2/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AUTHORS & FILMMAKERS

2/27 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
World Cup
Die Hard
Louisiana & Maine
Nikita Khrushchev
Ray Bradbury
The players were 6/15 (40.00%) with a 1-2-0-2-1 success pattern.

The extra clues have three triple stumpers from the Thursday game.

OF THE GAME $1000: This stacking game, similar to Jenga, uses bidding and odd-shaped pieces to build increasingly precarious towers

GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS $800: Built as a hotel, the Patee House Museum in this Missouri city was the Pony Express headquarters

FOLK MUSIC $2000: In 2013 this Indie/folk harpist & singer known for the album "YS" married funnyman Andy Samberg

Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Bandu
St. Joseph
Joanna Newsom
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(
Yes, I have seen Die Hard. (Let's just say more than once.)
No clue on Bandu or Newsom
I'm on the side of by 2015 instantly knowing without doubt or hesitation that Pony Express = St. Joseph.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(
Mon: World Cup was instant.
Tue: I got Die Hard in a few seconds.
Wed: I guessed Louisiana but Vermont instead of Maine.
Thu: I got Khrushchev pretty much instantly.
Fri: I got Ray Bradbury about 15 seconds in.
I got 169 clues right and 14 clues wrong for the week.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

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:( :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

Mon - My brain totally checked out that night. I think it took me the whole 30 seconds to even read the question...
Wed - Louisiana and Wisconsin. (Eau Claire and Fond du Lac were on my mind)
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:mrgreen: :( :( :mrgreen: :(
:( :( :(
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Would have been perfect on FJs if I hadn't overthought Wednesday and concluded that Louisiana was not one of the two states and that Haitian immigration might have pushed Florida ahead of it.

My knee jerk reaction to the Pony Express clue, given the category and $ value was St Louis. Had St Joe on the rebound.

Never heard of Bandu or Newsom
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:oops: :( :( :?: :(

Sochi on Monday
Louisiana and Michigan on Wednesday
Thursday's FJ got spoiled on Twitter, so I don't know if I would've gotten it. I'm pretty lousy with world leaders, so I'm not giving any credit there
No idea Friday - I didn't know about Fahrenheit 911
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :(

I knew Thursday's clue was looking for a successor to an Axis leader, but I didn't realize Khrushchev had taken over so early and ended up WAGging Helmut Kohl. (Yes, I realize that's the German equivalent of the Gorbachev WAG.)

Some folks are apparently not filling out the survey completely. As of now, 58% say that they got Wednesday's FJ! correct, but only 55% say that Maine was part of their response.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :mrgreen: :(

I've never seen Die Hard and haven't heard of Joanna Newsom or Bandu.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :(
:( :mrgreen: :(
Blanked on Michael Moore's films, though I've seen them...I'm surprised so many had doubts about Fahrenheit 451's authorship...
I was so mad when she said "similar to Jenga," I thought I had that one...
BigDaddyMatty wrote: I knew Thursday's clue was looking for a successor to an Axis leader, but I didn't realize Khrushchev had taken over so early and ended up WAGging Helmut Kohl. (Yes, I realize that's the German equivalent of the Gorbachev WAG.)
He did have that non-aggression pact with Hitler for a couple of years, but Stalin was never a member of the Axis. After Hitler invaded, he was definitely an Ally.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Louisana/Vermont

Never seen Die Hard, said St. Louis (and "ah, that's right" on reveal).
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:mrgreen: :( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

I could only guess The Towering Inferno on Tuesday even though I knew the date was wrong.
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:( :( :mrgreen: :( :(
:( :( :(

Knew Friday was referring to Fahrenheit 451 but blanked on the author.
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How is it that 60% of people got the French question right yet only 55% of people picked Maine as one of the two states?
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:? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :? :mrgreen:
:( :( :(

Ugh.

I did hear about the World Cup taking place, but wouldn't have connected those dots without a lot more help....

NHO Bandu or Newsom.

I tend to scan clues to save time and, as a result, don't always process the entire clue -- in this case, I think all that registered was "Saint" + Missouri city + BLAH BLAH BLAH -> St. Louis.
(I do feel very confident in my knowledge of Pony Express -> St. Joseph; just disregarded that part of the clue entirely, apparently. :oops: )
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Tpmorrison wrote:How is it that 60% of people got the French question right yet only 55% of people picked Maine as one of the two states?
Some people choose to participate in the poll by only voting on the FJ! clues and bypassing all the extra stuff which of course is their prerogative.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


:x :mrgreen: :x
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:?: :mrgreen: :cry: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:cry: :cry: :cry:

Giving myself a mulligan on Monday, wasn't watching the show live and had FJ spoiled. Think I would have gotten it, but who can say for sure? Remembered seeing some TV show about a town which was half in Vermont, half in Quebec, right down to sharing a library with a line on the floor denoting the border, so went with that over Maine.
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:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :( :mrgreen:
:( :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

The Joanna Newsom album is titled "Ys" (rhyming with "fleece"), not in all caps. And sorry for requesting an obscure one for the poll, but I needed some consolation for missing most of Thursday's game and that clue. Mark, she's got a San Francisco connection: she's semi-distantly related to Gavin.

I made the sports connection on Monday, but only got to Sochi, which didn't make sense with the clue. I guess multiple venues meant multiple sports, despite the absurdity of needing grass for the Winter Olympics.

Thursday I could only guess Castro, even though the year was a little early.

Never heard of Bandu.
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